The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, November 16, 1887, Image 3
The Advertiser.
LOCAL.
Tills is goori wen (lier for sowing grain,
Cotton wont ?i jumping Inst wo? k, hut
nins! tot? Into for much goo 1 to farmers.
Mr. Auld, sim of Hov. F. Auld, of
('roonwoo?l, is clerking for Travnliam A
Dial.
Dr. Thomas McCoy nttcndod tho Sur
viving Surgeons' Mooting in Columbia
last weok.
W. T. Milner |,"S again oponed tho
East danit High School, this timo foran
eight months torin.
Miss furrio lloyd, tho beautiful ami ac
complished riaughtorof Hov. J, M. liovtl,
?was in tho oby yesterday.
A largo number of persons from this
placo und other portions ortho County
attended tho Si ile Fair last week.
Owing to business engagement* Mr.
.brimson had to turn Tin: A nv KUTI s KU
hack into the hunda of the editor Hus
week.
Mr. John J. Mcdowall and 1> \\*.
Wright represented Laurens Com ' a
tho "Old "''armors' Convention" in 'ol
umbin during tin? l'air.
Tho readers ol' Tm: AOVKUTISKU have
never had a mm e comprehensivo, accu
rate and Interesting account of the state
Fair than c tn be found in this ?Min.,
Life insurance Agents have boen tm- ,'
nierons in town I'm-1 he past few wtO'is !
ami Home report business booming, tine
Agent Insured seventeen men in seven
teen days.
bast weeli has been "j ., ok" with
Tim Anvuitrisiui. Tho number of now
subscribers win. cunio m .<> have their
naines pul on the list makes us look
about for that now press.
Weare authorized to announce that
in consequence <>f religious Rorvleos
las! week and several nights Ibis wonk,
the entertainment at the Female Collojro
has been postponed until Friday, 23th
inst.
Tm. A MN' HUT IH Kit will, ina few Weeks,
be printed from a magnificent evbuular
press. A lotter from tho innuufaclurora
states thai Hw thriay |s occasioned hy the
numerous orders ahead, and as soon ns I
possible tho machinery will be shinned
?
According to inst?.ni. '''raynham A
Will, representativos nf the well-know n
..ee.l house of h. I,andrei li, cnnitirittotl
the last year's crop of sootl b li over i"
>ho llames. Six hundred and forty was
Hie number nf pat*hugos crepuiletl Ibis
time.
Prof. Frank I*,vans, les Pthorori lour;
and faitiifuliv t? build up lb.' M de
Ac?deme, ami ho has stteooo'liri. Tho
school is healthy and prospnroun. Prof.
Keans has prepared a number of bovs
for ndmission Into th" colloxos of the
Slate. Kemi your boya to tito Academy.
A lilli.? clearing np and elearimi away
of dead tree?, and rubbish from the pub
Iii- stpinro has given >>ur tow n a frosh and
altered appearance. If <>ur Commission
ers would enteh tho fever anil palnl that
line and Imposing ..bl building, tho
Court linus., oven the niltivCS WOllltl
scarcely recognize Ibo tow n.
Tho La'ironsvll'o Female Collngo un?
.b r tho mauagouionl nf President Me?
Cn-diUl is a tn I sn . Moro than
ono hundred pupils .sro in attendance.
Thc ?cachera a *e com potent, pains tak -
lng and nfbelent. Tho stumbled is high (
and tho eolloio i-iho equal of ?ny In
the State. 11 i-- w orthy of patronn?t?.
Tlie sidewalks in Laurena uri misora
ble. |f mon w in .... n lai to property on
tho public .-.piara have not pride, lilmr
alit v or tasto i non uh t.. p ive ? i front of
their premises, ih Tow ii Connell allon ld
lake tin in iltor in hand and compel?
thom tn ?lo lt. brick can bo bought
Very cheap, improve your pavements. I
We have received the November nun '
ber of the Cotton Plant, which proves to
be an exceptionally goori agricultural ;
publication. Tho irreal variety and ex
tent of Ibo valuable rending maller it
ci n'ains renders ii amply worthy of tho
patronage of t ho farinera ol' thia soot ion.
Tho subscription m ice la onl\ no i-onta a
venr, and n specimen copy will bo Kitti I
I ree to any applicant. Addl e-.-. Cotton
Plant, Oreonvillo, H. < '.
Itt t bc Toils.
The follow ing prisoners have been con? ,
limd in tho Coll Illy .'??1 since lasl report :
John Pitta, grand larceny. Potion Xoi
man, same offener.
Harrison Hunter, retailing liquor \\ Ith
nilt license. < nit on bail.
I/Ml brow ii. Illfantleiri.
Deaths.
?in Friday last, an infant daughter of j
Mr. and Mrs..I. M. Visnnska. Aged la
tm.,nhs. The body w as interred in Col?
nuibla.
Mrs. Pinche Farley, mother ?.f Mrs. j
Mary F. Todd, and widow ..f the Into j
Wm lt Farley, L* ? of this place, died Oil
Haturriay last nt her home In spartan
burg. She was Imi iori heroin the feme- j
tory on Monday.
A Queer Verdict.
A niau w as tried for breach of contract
b. |.,ie a Trial .licdice and a jury In this
County a fow days ago. Tho evidence
against him came from bis former oin?
ployer, who testified that the man had
loft Ids work. The testimony for the rio?
I msc came from tho defendant, w ho said
that ulM employe i bari no work for Ililli
?mri ntlvhMd Ililli to work for another
mail. Tho Jlirfl hoard tho evidence of
each, and refua#l to bear tho Instruction
nf tho court, but proceeded to render the
following Verdlctl "We say that A must
work for ll until 1? ls satisfied." Tho
question ls, when will "It" ho sntlsflcdt
A Drummer Goes Wrong.
A local in tho Roglstor tells of tho
erookod ways <>f a once dc\ cr and popu
lar salesman of Tbliebcr, Wylami A Co.
lt Seems that he has used Ills friends lo
obtain fund a In Ibo name of his house,
without authority, and several dollars
"hort uro his friends to-day. TltoColiim
bia firma w ere pulled for $100 each, ami
one nt Now berry and Croom Hie for ilml?
Isr amounts. At this place two of our
timm mourn Hm loss of two of tho bright'
eu, newest ami best hunrirori dollar bill*
Wwi this unbridled young man over car
ried, Hts name ls H. H. Cathcart, and
ne learn from hue ill-patches (hal he ha?
b",.i, . ,, b, ?'bn?t:iii?sig.i.
THE FARMERS ASSEMBLE.
A Successful Mooting of the County Con
vokion lu the Court House on Satur
day Delegates Electod and Resolutions
PasB3d.
On Snturday, Kov. I'2th, in obedience
? i tho eal lof C tpt, Tllltunn, tho County
l'a miers' Con volition assembled. Cant.
?J. W. shell, Chairman, addrossod the
meeting at length on the evils, real ami
imaginary, which he supposed to he tin
causo of untold I roubles. Many points
in his address were well taken ami given
with force.
The old ollie.TS wore re-elected an 1
res dillions as follows adopted:
1st. That we, tho farmers of Laurens,
heartily endorse the olTorts of Capt. Till
man, and pledge bim our support and In
lluenee lu exposing and donouneing ex
travagance in tho administration of thc
alfairs of the State. We favor a separate
agricultural colicu? with ono experiuien
tal station attached thereto, and asl; our
members to the ('.encrai Assembly to use
all reasonable olTorts to pass a bill lo thul
elici t. We are opposed to tho board of
Agriculture aa at present organized, ami
urge our members to work for its reor
ganization upon ibo cottril tiona demand
cl by the Farmers' (Nm vent lon.
Thc fi i lowing, odored by Del?galo .1.
I>. M. Sh iw, was carried :
/,'??<-./1 ? ; Kl, That we, lb?' fanners nf
Laurens County, in convention assem
bled, recognizing the un bur and i nc j nita |
bb. proportion of taxes already paul hy
us, and (ho further effort lo Increase the
same, rio mos! sol.'innis protost ami de
nounce the attempt made hy our State
authorities to lev v, tribute and collect
taxes on our products for bonn.nsutun
Iloll and cotton held w ith a view lo ?b
lalo more remunerative prices, a large
pari >;' which lu covered by indebtedness
.. i. i Np?-nt before sold.
/t'< v.ili ril -.M. Wc nruc Upon our reprc
sontatlvos to thc Honorai Assembly to
usc their best ctlbrts ami Itllluenco to rc
lieve us of the unjust and unfair meth
ods of o ipression',
M. I . 'loiutlrison was endorsed for Com
missioner of Agriculture w ith sonic divi
sion,
Tin- following delegates worooloetod to
ihc state Convention: <:. w. Shell, J. A.
Jones, .1. II. Shell, .las. S. lUalo. k.
Alternates .1. M. Iludgcns, W. p.
Coker, C. Lark. .1. II. Atkinson, .1. Wade
A nriorson.
What lt Costs.
To show directly tho cost of tho Trial
Justice sy^t,.ni lo the pcoplo of Laurens
County, we give a statement <>f each
Trial J ust ie I'M ar omit agiiliisl the (boun
ty from Nov. 1st, issr,, t,, x"v. 1st. is>::
c. J. Hunt, - - - - ? .*/:r...vt :
W. II. Stoddard, - - - 'SV\M \
C. M. Miller. .... 20(1.0!
W. V. Irby. .... K57.-n
.1, lb Parrot!, - - - ltt.701
I?. \V, Anderson, - - - 4:1.01
T. H. L. Woods, - - - 40.00
J. C. Cook, .... it?,??
< ?. (?. Thompson, - - - 3I.N5
J. \\ adc Anderson. - - ill.IO
lt. s. rirlilln, .... Ubi:)
L. W. Copeland. - - - 13.90
I!. L. Clnvehuid, - - - I UM
lb L. li. n.bison, . - - ll.in
W. S. Pitts, - - - - 7.aY.
Total..$1,141.011
Tbe amount paid lo Constables is even
larger than this, all of which hollered ? .,
Information.
Tho M no rec t?tri orj .
Concerning thia Importan! multifile
I urina cn torprlae, tho Rfp inter of Coln ni
hill, of Saturday 5th anya:
A declaration was tiled at the olllec oi
tb,' Secretary (d' State yesterday, for thc
Incorporation of the F.norco Minutiae
turing Company, w ith Arthur lt. Host?,
Francis J. Pelzer, Wm A. Courtenay,
Win. F. Huger, Wm, M. Hird, Hrnngo
S. I ullin and C. P.. M iles, of Chariest on.
as the corporators. Tho location of Ibo
prop-, ed manulaetory will l eal the
M.,:... u Shoals tract on Kooree Uiver, j
In Sparlanburg and Luirons Counties,
ann .ii" natur.' Of thc business carried
i n thc manilla..turin_r. dyeing, printing,
lt n billilla: and selling uooiis of every!
kimi made of wool or cotton ginning of |
cotton, making cotton seed oil, grinding
and milling Wheat, corn ami other
?erallia,snwdnsr lumber, etc. Tho capital
stuck |a$iam,000,divided into 4,00 shares,
par value ?10 ) oaah A commission has
been issued and work hogUU.
N'otlee,
A ie 'ting of tho officers nf (ho Lau
rena '.. i i ult ui al ami Mcehtuilcal As
socia; will bo held at Laurena ( our;
House ,?n Mondas i be ?lat of Nov. 1HS7,
; .. tho purp.?ac ('considering tho ways
and mean riuiprovlngtbo Fairground
of tho Asaoelnlloii. A iud mooline la
desired. Thc Association has resolved
that t be wu k P'.lOllhl be done.
N J. HOLM KS,
President.
LOCALS.
Paints and <?il> of every kind at
W. L. I! ivd's.
Tbe fib inls ol Mr Scott Knight, can
lind him at Hie aloro of
J. Pf, Janies.
Coming'
Tb.- bui st nickle elgar In tow n, can
sum? bc found nj store of
.1. H. James.
For Sugar and Coft'oo, Cnn nod Hoods,
c?llon * ?'. H? J'""0"
Just rel ieved a big lot of cakes, crack
ers and caudles at
J. IL Jumos.
Special attention is called to a boautl
lui bu of IV?j acres on tho "Brooklyn
Hitlo." This lot w ill bo sold cheap for
cash Ii is partiallv improved and luis
Superior advantages. For particulars
.1. M. HAMPTON,
Manager.
ldc trie Shears, Slssors and Itasors.
all warranted by W. L. lloyd.
Hardw are store o? W.L. lloyd.
t frosharclval of Bacon, Flour and
Lard.it J H Jaiiiet-.
Just rwectved, a oar load U?g Cabin
ami "Ono Fur"Soap Kmporiuin ?>r
J. ll. Jame'*.
Long-handlo DrOOUIN at l? cents at W
L. Boyd's.
Table and Pocket Cntleiy at
W. f.. lloyd ?i.
A\t tent ton
Owners of tin roofs ahould seo sam
plo?of roof paint at W. ?* B<>y? ?
Choice, Cream Chccao at
,t. H. .L.mea
Lu iiroua ville Female College
Ata recent mooting oftlio Hoard or I
Trustee* of this Institution, thc toaoli
ur? mn ploy od ny Prof. \V. M. Mut'uslun,
nnutoly, Misses Mono h air Hoard Sprow
od, Mario and Hock io MeC'aslun, Mrs
McC'ttsInu und Miss IC I i/.ti Mcl'aslun,
were nil cordially endorsed hy Hit* i
Hoard a? I'lt'ly competent to dbcjingo
tho du Hos bolouglng lo thc severin do?
partiuonts which they lill. Parents
thoreforo may fool assured that their
daughters arti in good hands, and re
ceiving instruction from those fully
quutillotl for their work. Tho exercises
ul'the Institution are going on smoothly
and everything is working well.
In the matter ol'incidental expenses
the Hoard directed the President to
charge whore a patron has one pupil
$1.00, two pupils * 1.50 anti three pupils
$2.00.
The Hoard directed also that two trus
tees should visit the College eillciully
each woek for thopurposj ofotieoutn^
Ing thc teuehors,stimulating the pupils
and inspecting tor themselves the mo?
thuds ol'instruction adopted and in op
eration. This w ay the Hoard w ill keep
Uso f fully informed us to the conduct
ol' the air.nrs ol' the institution and
maintain that vigilant oversight over il
w Idell ls necessary to keep overly tiling
in good wan king order, and keep Itself
iu lull sympathy w ith it. This is ll wise
and proper step inasmuch as great res
ponsibility rests oil them to see to il
that the best expectations of patrons
are in I Hilled hy those in charge No In
stitution can flourish unless it ls eon
stun tty ami tenderly watched and ros
tered and il lice] interest taken in ii by
thoso who ure charged with Its govern
ment end ovcrsigut. Prof. McCaslan
in vites tho elososl inspection ami sera
tiny iulo Iiis met hods ot leaching and
discipline bc alise he knows that one
sure moans ol' pr-Mooting the prosperity
of an institution is to secure for it pop
ular sympathy bv thorough acquain
tance and cordial intercourse. Ile there
lore wishes the lloai d to visit the col
lege frequently nod cooperate w ith him
to the lull extent ol' their ability in
making it ti grunt and permanent suc
cess, ile will boglad also to see thc
patrons of tho school at any time ami
will take pleasure in showing thom till
Its plans anti methods of operation, li
I he people will coop,a alo with him be
feels e mt'ulcnt that, under thc divine
blessing, be can restore this limo-hoil
oreti Institution to that high stain of
prosperity it enjoyed before the war.
Lei ns ml rally Icllow eiti'/.ons, to thc
rid td'this college a pride, not only lo
I,aurons county but to Sou! Carolina.
H. (?. PHIKUSON,
Sec'y Hoard,
WATERLOO.
The oxton Ri"33]B.-ln^s Joy to Morchants
and Far:ner3 Ferocious Dogs A Skating
Rink and Many other Now It?ms.
< ) a ?og to tho riso in cot to.i in
tho last few days, trade bas been
on quito a boom, which muk?s our
merchants moro cliecrfull, und
groot one with n eliot rfu I smile,
littst Thursday hoing tho heaviest
receipts ever known in this mar
kid, being ono hundred and thirty
live bales, l unging in prices from
Hg to '.? n ?. .
Miss Maggie Murcherson, ol ('?.
ronnca, ls visiting Miss Lizzie An
derson, ol' this town.
Miss Jane Muggon mid mother of
Due West, ure spending some tillie
with relatives and friends nour
hore.
Died on October the 20lh Old
Jess one of the relies of the late
.fuck Griffin's estate-old Joss hus
been tine of the faithful, serving
bi master faithfully, up to ahotil
imo year ugo when ho was given
bis liberty-dying nt the nd VU lied
ugo ol' eighty year*.
Mr A. K. Nance, ls having n well
bored on his pince hy Mr Calhoun
of Greenwood, Olid hus also had .
bis house mm Hy painted which
adds very much to tho lippcuran- ?
ces nf Ills place.
Mr I?. H. K. Fuller, of High Point
bus move?I In ibo house fertilely
occupied by Mr K. C. Slinking.
Dr D.M. Henderson, w||| com
mence work on bis new dwelling
in a few days.
Mr < ? nw.iy Klliott, of I.turon-,
to eu pie- the residence of Mr J. NV.
I lotKiersoii.
".Not long Since :i little boy ?tn
adopted son of Mr John Spoon of
Tip Top, while going to the posture
for the cow-, lie happened lo ... . a
rabbit and ut once commence to
cull some do?S liol far olf*. They
started in tho direction ?if the rub
bit, bul suddenly turned und mak
ing for the lil tie fellow, began bit
ing him He screamed for help,
and run ton fence md fur oil", und
dimed upon lt, but tono avail us
tho dogs would jump upon it ami
continued to Into until the little
fellow seeing Hint he would have
to do some thing run to ti house
not fur off, whero ho finally got out
of the way,
Mr W. I.. Lindsey, will open nul
a first class work slinp, where he
will be prepared to do nil kinds of
work. All those who bus work to
do will do woll to give bim n trial
ns yr Lindsey ls n first cluss work
man.
T>r W. lt. Harris, Jo? Penrco, Mi
nmi MM Whitton, nttotul the Char
leston fair last week and report
n good time.
Miss Gussie Henderson, who hus
been visiting relatives nt Maddens,
for some (Imo lifts returned home.
We were pleased to see our
friend Mr Sum Davenport, in town
md long since while on lils way to
Greenville oil business.
Skating Rink lins opened out nt
inst, no broken limbs yet but con
siderable complaining of sorenexs.
'i im. i nf Affability.
Female Suffrage AgcinV-I called to nco If I
could not imbu e you to Join our '.ulrrago oa
?ootation, Mw. Politician.
Mm. Politician-Indeed I 111 I waa op
posed totiu whola busiiMM jntii I tamponed
tOattend a ma?, meeting lastevenb.
nov/ I wanta vat* justas quick a? tho In v
will lot inc.
..Yes, I uaw you lhere with your bwdxvnd.
Ho acorns to bo v?7 popular. Hut nothing
wan mid nt that meeting aliout woman's suf
frage. What changed you so midilciilyl"
MIt Just occurred to mo that If I bad a vet?
my bust-arid would bo polite to ma during
avery campaign.1'--Omaha World.
Our Financial Troubhs.
A Glance at Vie Evils of Qur Day ann a
Budget of Phol08i?phy from t'ae In
Imitable Tallahassee.
Tho extravagance engendered by
tlic plethora of money during mid
immediately ufter the war, ls now
crushing the hopes of the people
and ls hut partially felt in ?ts dire,
COnsoqUCUCOH which must ultimate
ly turn over the landed estate of
the com mon went th in many in
stances, where morty a jos encum
ber tho farms, to tho.se who hold
liens Oil them. We lillV0grown to
bo absurdly extravagant, we say
unreasonably so, because tho cause i
and effect, if pondered on bri fy !
would show tho short racer to ruin
which the reckless spendthrift in
dulges i:\ The immy conveniences
which labor-mving machinery af
fords, seems to he of no profit to us,
for the timo is spoilt In holiday glee,
rhe grip sack, and crisp indes and j
transit on the oars is a pleasing ;
pass time to the youths, whose par
ents endured privation and t:>il
and stint, to ffivo them a fort ile
homestead, w hich Is now ovi r
grown with wild weeds foi which
the Sherill' will shortly ?rive I he
shylock lender a title. And it is
wouderous to note the many doli
c ito turnouts in the rural ref/ions
which must rattle to pieces oil the
roads i.i a few years to he r -placed
by others quite us expensive. It
is gay and giddy t? observe Un
costly attire ol'those, who whirl tho
highway, clad in a more costly cos
tume tuan their mothers wardrobe
for live years. Ami this too. when
cot ton is grown nt a loss of 2 cents a
pound and whilst tm per cont of the 1
crop i s practically sold befo: e gi own.
Could we hut recall tin- olden
times when the family rode in tin
old mud-ditubed dearborn, with the
stfnw on tho bottom of the wagon
tile only protection, which the
brawny old holy thought quite good
enough to go to market or church,
with au old homemade sun-bonnet,
instead of the leghorn hat and os- '
trieb plume. We venture the tis
ser t ion-, if all Hie vehicles for pleas
ure in the 5)8 counties of South Car
ol i tin, together with the gold watch
es worn hy lllOSO which common !
consent would allow ?ir?- too poor
to own tin-in, were stuned up in a
statistical column, the sum total
would he most astounding. Hut thc
extravagance is not Hu- only (rou
Ide, indolence is couple.I with it.
Pride makes work disreputable.
Some one must he found to do the
work, and those chosen lor over
seers, or proxy will do ns little as
possible, und charge an exorbitant
price for slighted work, so I hal t hey
who disdain labor shall be leeched
lo the utmost, that they may pay a ?
high ligure for their pomp, which
seems to suit both parties, lor in a
villiuuous waste Hie more thc de- j
volee of madness cnn squander, tho
greater is his or her claim to im
portance. 'Tis often said, "what
one American family wa des would
support two or three European
families, and they would live com
fortable too, on the fragments and
odds and "tids thrown away." Is it
not sn rp ri- iuy; the rcsoill ces of the
country cnn bear such burdons?
Ves ?I is. Hut like the bridge when
over loaded it must break down,
lind havoc ?ind dismay will bo tho
Inevitable catastrophe. Pride, la
ziness, extravagance rind the ma
nia speculation is ?is sure to eat out
tho stamina lind .steadfast hopes of
any people us Heit the seasons come
?ind go with the earth in its circuit :
around tin- sun. If we loved work
und would banish our foolish pride, j
ami agree lu sn ve a moiety of our'
earnings, ?ind to discard tho notion |
of growing rich suddenly, or what 1
is still better stop WO H ii) i lg ut.au
rfUtn, but be content with mcilgTc
su ITOU nd i nus, we would unexpec
tedly com .-? into ?1 rich places of
happiness to which idolatry ami
shameless egotism aro entire
strangers. There isa morai aspect
to this question of which we shall
have nothing to say. Wo will give
the theologion an opportunity to
descant 011 the.sequences of the ills
at which we have hurriedly glan
ces. Hut it is too plain to ito debu
ted. So long sis we make one dol
lar and squander two, we shall he
limier Hu- wheels, and no om- ti.
pity u-. for the terrible plight into
which we ?in- SJ wolully submerg
ed. Hotter times will cunio to us
w hen we consent to listen to tile
admonitions (d'common sense. Hut
?is Intimated in Hu- outset many
have sinned their day ol' financial
grace away ?uni lo them the future
has no prospect save 111H except to
add to tho long llsl of gentlemen
vagabond tramps who will not lu
the least serve us a warning to
other.--, w ho are infected w ith the
mad rage ol' modern lolly which in
evitably ends in pandemonium,
Let t lie Or pun us I Iii ve n Thanks
giving.
There are three cottages full of
them at the Thorn well Orphanage,
Clinton H. C. South Carolina, (Jeor
gia, and all the neighboring States,
ami even Massachusetts and Tex
as, have representatives among
these fatherless ones.
They ure cared for by those who
have hearts, and whoso substance
is held us a store whence to glorify
find und bless the needy.
Have you unything to lie thank*
ful for tids year? Show it by your
remembrance of those who ure des
titute of parental love and of this
world's goods.
Lot Christian people, when they
moot together on the appointed
Thanksgiving day, place this
among the causes that their thank
offerings shall bless,
Provisions, clothing, money, box
es of such things, now at tho com
ing Christmas-tide, should go to
help these orphans.
Send to Thornwell Orphanage,
or Its president, Hov. Wm. 1?. Ja?
cobs, Clinton. 8. C.
DEACON DURDETTE.
ITt? Willy Tulka Out o' Moot I ii' Upon
Timely Topics?
"PajKi," snlil Hillel, "I ?lo not tblnk you aro
Jilsl to "vir, I? ?phtomorc: I wits wnlkhig wi'ti
liim hv>t ni ?it. Ili-t hon?! is fu'1 of idea?."
"Yin, yo*,"Kill tho professor, mid went on i
reading lin? |?ro:>f of his lecture on "Micro
scopic i'm ?ti ghi," 14'we cannot realizo tho In
Unit? lit tl m ss of tin? cholera tinderla, when j
wo know tliitt :M.O(K>.IH);).O ?O ot thom occupy a
sp.tiv ito largir thin ti pin's bead.1 Yes, .vet? 5
ns you f i v, lu' lins a great many ideas; hut
they HIV'-goes 011 rvuding proof.
KU* J: ti FA sn un TIIK VOLCNTBEU AT A\
"I um weary of t iii s hum h um hfc," said |
f uti pus "Why, what nra you doing'*1 ]
"Tuning hurdy gurdies." "Snake; I mn
?ri 1.1? |Kivli?s un tniilf reduct tun."
i.i r PAM: vis W::M., AVi.n TIIISTI.C, in:".'
Young .'ir. K.ttvhotio.', lir-t year i:i inc-1 leal j
co l. - -; .c * nu cdl.orial headed "Tho Dan
ger of A|iitii>"-"Tlio in.uprcltciisiblo lg- ;
nora:nv ?.f 1I100 editor*'." lu> 1 xclnints grund
ly; 'ili-i writo iihout tilings of which tin s
know iil?*olutc|y min in;;. Kow, you Inl;c I
npalliy hi limo and iii-iv isn't a dangerous
feature lu ll : tho wriest i|unek cnn lian,tlc '
i:." I'utsoii his lint mid goos out lo look uf ,
t.T a ease of incipient Inertia,
va At.u.i > ; MIU:IT- 1 PINNA KKK,
I/iwt er llulijoror-Do lon know nuylhhig
about ticorgcThorpc' Stupid Wit nos- Y-.
m. Liwycr ll Alt, you dot Du yon know
nu j tr* ?. ?? I IIIHIUI limit Witness-No, sir. |
''()h. you don'; I Well. I hen, do you know
anything hail nlioitl liinil'1 Witness- No,
sir. " I'll a. for morey's sake, what do you
know ali rill Ililli {" "I Know he iii, il I Wt ait I '
y, ni's lieioro I ever heard of Ititi*.**
si ti.I. 11 ::: V KT A KB.
A Huston hroker l"si a walkt eoutaiuiug
(i|,*?.l)UI) oil 1 lit? .?In i t anil 11 m wsliuv found ii
mit drought ii tu llii owner. The man
Bl niggled with 11 (crrihle temptation lola1
menu and son 11? I fia" a incaicut, mid then '
forget i lug self and casting t" tho winds his !
gr, vi I of gain as he trampled the temptation
iiinier his foot, gavo tho honest I toy |ierniis
sinn to go mi (he Common and pla j ivori
?lay. "Wo can trust you," sohl ?eil Hie grate
ful nam; "we know tii.it von will keep o|V the
muss. On, luiw often lin* opportunity In
inak? others happy hy a kind word, a gentle j
st ii i h- or sonni lillie net of kindness knocks at
nur lion's ittul wo howl it not, until it 1* too
late. <l i. Hint more people, were like the ;
Boston inna. fi*. S.-They arc.)
"WIIKS 11 AMI: YK MAKE l"
Where, oh, whore hus tho \oimg limn gone
who graduation clothes put on, some limo
along tho last of May, and owned tho whole
wide world f?ir :i day? And where is tho
sweet t;u i griidunto, who ehauteil nu essay |
dread willi fate and startcit out with n Ki
pling frown tu lum Ibis old world upside,
c.own! And where is last year's candidate,
w!i<> had things ll ::?.>; for this year's slate!
Who carried around, m you'd IK'HOVC, n !
ci ipi ? of coiiutiet iii his sleeve! And ?'hero
ls the scribe with ;i vaulting will itho tried 11
lou;; fvlt want to fill, cuni courted shekels and
renown ?lili n minion paper in a bourgeois
lowi '? Tho lad leis dil kiwi (ho world np fair,
mid hollis hui his own eight billionth share;
tho sweet girl grail, is a grund surprise, mid
conquers the world with well mndopnv; tho
candidate with the den th lest "gull" ls fixing '
himself for anotlu r fall; while tho journalist
willi tho haughty crest hatgono the wu y of
last lear's nent, So year by year and day hy
day the world rims on lu the santo old way;
tho balloon that is biggest round about is tho
Uuhbiesi rag when the gat is out.
IT MA KS AN UNCO' LEK WAV.
There is ono thing Ignatius O'DonneJIy
might have donn vor j easily, >f he had
iii .tight of it-ho laicht do it yet-provo (hut
Harriet Hotelier Stowedidn'i writotl.Unelo
Toni's Cabin" that is presented oa tbo stn.o?
ten times 11 week all through und Ivotwoen thu
Season, Ho could llml plenty of ciphers, in
lin-east; ibo two Top-eys, tho two NInrkses,
tim two donkeys, ai ?'I Ibo latest company ?1 n
liouuces t\i.i Uncle Toms -tiles?1, wah Ibo
four meat hounds, would Liv u-.i ingenious
Dian cipher.* 1 nough to provo nnj thing.
AN SW AT WI1 PUK AU
"Is lhere any lanietlt hi moiiojadii*.?'' asked
tho tenehor. "There is." answered tho smart
luiil lioy, "And what is it!" "Owning an in
terost in or.o." Ile ?'tis kept In two hours. .
KI A!. AN > IMITATION DAIIIKS.
A lloston woman comes out in print to de
nounce "that lingual dish wash, popularly
known ns baby talk." Oil, woll, thai s lo lie
expo 'ted in li 'nnville, where Joseph Cook ls
regarded as a model child's nurse and
primary kindergnrden toucher. We hellovo,
llrndy Isilievo, that a linby ivlioi which)
that.' ls horn w ith eye glasses mid a theory
should 1?.. called n babe 14t birth .'ind tut- ,
drcsitcd ns sir or madam.
Out U|s?ii your machino tumlo hnliel 1
knew one long ?^0. lbs nama was Ilendcrsoii
Ingraham Stillwenther, and Ids paren . called
hilu Unit when ho ?. Hs In his cradle. ... Wllfi
but .I years old when lirsi I met him, down
by lil? Illinois liver. Unsaid'.0 mo: "Kxouso
mo, sir, hat cou >) yon kindly enlighten III?' as
to tho character of this strange looking craft '
toward which our steps aro (ending nial, .-,!*?.,
can you tell mo to whom docs lt bolong I'' 1 t
clutched Ibo little monster Ly tho 1.eek mid I
hold him under the dredgo lawit for un hour.
I exiiectisl a sceno w ith his mother, hut she
onl) vail that "licndorson was very far
advanced; his Unele Donnison did not drown
liutil be wns 4'.l." They didn't bury Hender- 1
son. The) pressed him between tho (inges of I
n Collo 's Atlas, mid ho llnlteiied out mid
drieil just Uko .1 forn. That's what becomes
of tint sort of children. I nm glad I .
drow neil hun. I uni looking around for moro
like him. IVopIo w ho wean their infants on 1
dictionaries wiil do wollt >keep them under
gla-s until I luso my loiiiahutvk. Waghl
Droukli II Kugle.
ri. tm l il Shakespeare.
"Tho -pint of tia- tune; shad tench me
Speed."-King John.
- Life.
A Mexican .luke.
Don Atcaogones eoiuplains lilt lori y of the
Coinluel ot Ins s.-n. ll, relates nt length to
en old friend all lia? youie; man's cseu irides,
"Vmi should s|H'iil; to Illili with lirmiH ss to
cali him to I ls dtlM ," Miys 'ho fr:.>nd.
"Hut ho pa\s not HID hast attention tu
what I say. Ho listens only tn tho nil vico ot
fools. 1 wish you would talk to bim."- Mex
ican Fun.
NOTICE.
Mrs M. W. W. BRYSON,
Will He-open her School nt
Thomas' Cross Roads,
.Monday, Xovenibet 21.st.
Careful alton lion to pupils. Patron
age solicited. Terina reiiHoniib'e. Sat
isfaction i?uorunleed.
Absolutely Pure.
'I* I? i -i l owdor iiovcr v irles. A marvel
ul niirity strength HU I wholesomeness.
Min?1 .iiomicat (linn tho orilinurv
kinds, timi cannot I?- s..|i| in comped
lion willi Iii.' multitude ul In?, li -I.
short weigh! ilium ur |ilii>s|)hiilt! now
dorn Sohl only lu CANS. KOVAI. I?.\K
INO I'ow.u-r Co., lei Wall st reel. X, Y
?Totioo of Sale.
As surviving partner nf thc linn
of T. M. A .1. NV. WorUiiiun, I will
-ell ut public outcry on s-llesdtiy
in DoeiMiiber, thc follow 'inp, proper
ty to wit:
(int; -i N-horse Kn gi ne, nuil (wo
mulos. Ternis rush.
T. M. WORK .MA N, i
. .""-ii r\ ivor. I
State "f South Carolina
h XV it K NS (OIN T V,
I N I*.toll .TH t-'orilT.
Whereas, Mrs. Il ll. Haiksdiile luis
!i|>|ili.-il io mo tor I .ct I ors nt Administra
lion on ihr estate ol Hcvorly Hurksilnle,
rloceii.setl.
'rin so uro therefore lo cilcaml :. Inion
lah ul! :ini| si turu lar ilic kimlreil ?uni
creditors of Kuhl iloce.iseil. lo he mid np
p ar I ie I'o re ino ut II Coll ri ol' |'roh:ite, lo
ho holden at my ollh-c .tl l.uureus I*. II.,
on Hie 'Jilli nay ol Nov., |ss7, t m
o'clock, A. M.. lo show' cause, ?I' mit
do v omi, why hitirs should "lot I?
granted.
tiivoii under ni v hand and KOill this,
Hie Mh diiy ol Nov.. I .SST.
A . w. ur it ssl UK,
I'roOlttO -I uduc
LA I" I tl*. NS COI'NT Y
REAL . ?i%WW?i
AGENCY.
W \ N I i.0: l o horrow $1500,00 Cor ihree
years willi lin- |?rtvalette ol' live years.
\ liin- ni Interest w ill lu- paid ami morl
gage on Heal 1 ".state given.
NVANTI-IU! TO huy ti Small l-Vni, ino
tn 150 acres. Well watered und liinhci
ed land desired. A portion ot'the pur
ehase mono,** w ill lu- cash, nahuieo on
1111 II ti >. I Institlliiient.
Foi: SALK: A mpiihcr ol' residenceslu
tho Town ol'I .aureus; ulso vacant hits,
grout bargains oil'.'rodi
|?'ou IIKNTS Three or four good store
Hooins lu thc Town ol Laurens. Loca
tions good.
Koa Iti?N'i'J Tli;-... four largo resi
dences iii tho Tow ii ol' Lauren^, hesides
a nu in ber of cot t ages and cabins,
Koo SA 1.1-:* .TOO) tieres hind 11 dlll'erent
portions ol'Laurens Conn ty. Also 11 val
ualilo phtutittloii near Ninely-SlN ami
i J reen woo-1 in Abbeville county,
l**c?ti SALK! lim- brich aloro room;
also, nm- hall interest 111 lin- Heming
w a re-hon se, in ?he Tow 11 of Laurens.
Koli SAI.Ki Ti,ul elegant I rind ol' land
ono und om- halt" miles wost of bun tens 1
'ourtliouse, Known us the Krank Khan 1
lng place. This place cou tn ins'?MI nen s.
uni is will Improved. (?ood witt r,
'.'omi buildings. Lam. fertile ando ul .0 j
good stau- ot cultivation.
I 'm- Sales
Wo oller sumo rare bargains in it ti 1111
proved l>uiIlling lots on iii *. I .muklyu"
shloid tow n Kn NV lerius,
.1. M. ll Vd IM'ON M ta tx .:*
Clothing Emporium.
I .-nu now prepared to meei your de
mit ods tor I all ami Winier ?'lollil.g. I
liitvo the best solocled stock ul elm hing
for men. you Ilia .-ont ho\ s, I hal von eu h
lind ill the eily. Tho! "-?ods 1-eeo neel I
in alvie, make and fullish, und ?lui p r '
feel lu tit am! Will hold their shape as
long as the garment lasts. This stuck
consist of Sack ami Cutaway Suits in
Cash! more, Ch ?viols 11 m I Sill- mix tu re,
als.i Lia-..'..nats Worsted, Whip-cord.
Che leading novelty Is tin- Slrlpo-t-'hc\ i
nts in Suck ami Cuiiiways
11. es s s-i i ts of Hlcg.-i?i material .-uni
eui in lin- most I'aslonable ami perfect
littlng styles, in whip-cord ami cork
screws oi imported umida.
Kuli I irosa 1sulla willi Dyke ennis n m I
veal. A full Hue of those goods always
. ni hand, nod I guarantee a perfect lit in
every Institu?e.
A full ll it v of lienta furnishing Hoods
of ever v description, nuder wear, li lo vi s
llalf-hi.se, Collars ami ( 'nil's cte. A hcilll
. : 1111 Hue 'it Neets Wear ot'all colors ami
stvles.
In the Hat Stock von w ill loni all Un
lending si vhs. Che Dl'NLAI' Mik .-uni
S| ill liai s a I si i I he I lost oil Self roll I oro I
lng Sllll'Mat, these makes l ?mi solo
Agi nt for, ami e.111 only bo nail al thc
, Kmpni-iunt. besides i hese other mal?
es ol'hats in a grcal variety of styles,
Silk. Cassiinere, still nu l suit h.-its iii ali
gradea and prices, Chis is tin- larges)
stock ol hats I have ever had, tin- picas
. ure ol' allowing to ION patrons.
Hoys clothing stock is very all rael I ve
at tliis time, the assort nu-nt ?s heaulifill,
' knee pants snits I rom I to 15 years, ami
long I ant nits from I'J to ls years, ({uni.
: ?ties are good, and prices an- hot.
(lenta Kino Shoos in all the leading
stylos ami makes, muong them you will
lind the Celebrated I'.anni.Uei Shoe in
t 'on ir ress, Lase ami I lu 11 ou, y on will ace
Hie Douglass Shoe tor nouai (?UN) ft ml
Hova nt f'2.00, avery pair guaranlcet'.
When von vlsll tho eits- 1 ivoulu bo
pleased to have you to eall |||s|ieel this
Immense stock. 'Chis ia Un-only nineo
where you can seethe eorrcel si vies.
Iteapeet full v,
Columbia s. c .M. L. KI NA ll I),
My new- fall stock is now ready for
I your liispeetlon, where you will lind tko
I corran) d.ylea,aml class of gomia na von
j will lind at Un- Kmporlum of Knslduu,
von will timi this stock complete in
every respect, and for Cu und make
Uiese garments cannot ho excelled as
they are manufactured expressly lor
me!
Yon w ill timi a complete linc of (Seuls
furnishing, ami lints of all st\lc* and
(Itinllties, also a handsome li ne of Shoes,
in all thc latest Styles,
I am much pleased with my success
for thc past y< ar with thi? store, ami for
lin- coull.lenee nf I ho ohizens ol'Spai tnn
burg and the up country in my endea
vors to place before thuin a strictly first
I ChlSM clothing house ami at prices Uno
cannot bc excelled by anyone. You will
lind no mixed stock here. .1 have plac
ed Mr Krvlu Twltty Iii charge orthif
house, w her.* he will be plrasi-d lo son
?ll hi i friends, and wl'l take plciumro lo
allowing the HOM stock.
Respectfully, M, L, KfN.VRD,
KK VIN TWITTY, Manager.
, SparLinbur^ H. C.
- DMA LIOIt I N -
WATCHES.
Clocks, Jewelry, &c
LA V ll IO X s, s. c.
? ? ? ? . j " ? ?"?
J. H. JAMES
?FRONT
Wo would respe.-, fully nunounee
Toni Wo now have in ?toro, A lieu -
sand undone things, And MIC dul'y
receiving more. < >111- l ound shod s
of goods, in port. we will mciltiot-,
Uni won't use ouo space to bring
halt t<> your nttentloll. S ll HI CO it
I" say, wc have Hour, meal und
mont, And sugar und coffee which
en mud he heat, our elegant can
ned goods will just mulce you smile
A< you stand and behold thom -
laid pilo upon pile, (if tob?ceos
und cigars we have <piite enough,
And elgu ret ts too for ..ll to take a
pull', dur now and full line ol'plain
ami fancy cundy, I <, to say the Ions',
nperfect ".lim Dandy." Now you'll
give us your attention we sincerely
hope, Kor we wish to say :i word re
garding our soap, We defy com
0 lion and if equaled cr boa !, lu
i|Ualtity or price, -->n U>.-. ol' soup, i-,
our trent. .lust cul) und get prices
you'll lu.? paid bu* your pains, An 1
for buying your goods fr? M II .1. II:.::
1 IK I IT .1 \ M r.s.
1 .a .irons, Seid, I ,s>7
HE AD QUARTERS
- AU, mum OF
n A ll I) w A I? K.
Iron, Horses nu IM nie Shoes, Nuil-,
Axes, Plows, Steels, Hollow wore,
l!uol< Thorne Kc nee Wiro, Pocket
md Tnble Cutlery, < Suns, Pistols,
Woodonware. lt ?pcs, Cordniro, l-'p
per, Solo and I larne-- I.euther, Hu; -
gy st ti? I Wagon llurness, Wagon
ind Soggy Mnteriuls, Window
I hiss, Paint- nod (lil-, Itutiber
Holding etc
Agricultural implements, Spo
cbil nttentloii is culled lo Penning
ton Cul ti vu tor for put ling in grain.
All of which w i I lu- -ol i UH low ns
i ho lo . esl for cash.
Tb.- friends nf M r Wright will
lind him ul lu's nhl stun, und ever
ready to wait on (hem. Do not full
to cull ami examino induro pur
chasing elsewhere.
"W 3Li BOYD
il III
Probate Judge's Sales.
STATU OK SOUTH CAROLIN A.
li A I ll K N ? COIN T S' .
I N I'HollATK cor ll I'.
Pu i> un ut lo judgment s for sale in
i he following stilted cases, i will
sell, ci public outcry, at Laurens C.
H.,on Salo Day in December next,
! being M.lay, tho 'dh d y nf tho
' month, the property described in
each case, ii,?on the torsi s spocilled,
j 111 wit:
i In thc cuse of Silas S, Knight, a
I A Iministrnlor with. will annexed
I . I" Sarah K. li vans, ugniust Corrie
Kvmis el al.
All ihnl tr.nd of lund, contain"
lng Six-two Acres, innre or less?
and IH m m I ci l by hinds of John dar
rel t, Lewis Abercrombie nod oili
er.*?, and l,i lug ?>it til" waters of
North Ha'?un Creek, in said Coun
I , v*
Terms-Cash. The purchaser to
pay for papers.
In tho Cns 1 n! Silas Knight VS,
Hubert Knight el ni.
All (hat traci of lund,containing
Tun Hundred and Ki ft cen Acre-,
more or less, ami bounded by lauds
of Seaborn Purk-:, W. S. Knight,
lards belonging to tho e.-tnto ol'
Wm. Mills and others.
Terms-One-half rush, ?uni tho
balance mi a credit of twelve
months, with interest from the doy
nf stile, secured by the bond of tie.
purchaser und n mortgage of the
premises, with leave to thopui'cliu
sor to pay lu- entire bid In cash.
And If tho purchaser fulls to com
ply with thu tenus of sale, Ibo sahl
laud to be resold <?n the following
Sale Day at Ibo risk of tho funner
purchaser. The purchaser to pay
fol' papers.
A. \V. St'Il NH 11)14,
.1 II Ige of Pi obato.
- i .
.1. r. JOHNSON. W.H. lUCIIKY
JOHNSON ?v mc m: Y,
ATTOH>J:VH AT LAW.
tum i; .'Morning's Corner, Northwest
iMilc of Public Sipiai c.
I.ACISKNS, r. H., - - - s. o,
M. L. ' OI'KIAM),
A T TO u N K Y A T li A w ,
LAt'ltKNS C. IL, S. (!.
?*\, Olllco over National llauk.
W. PI. Martin
ATTORN K Y AT I.A W,
- .
LAUHKNS CH, . - - K. O
. S. J. II ?I.M KS. ll. V. MIMI'MlH
1I()L>1 KS it SIMPSON,
ATTOKNKYS AT LAW,
I. J UK NH C. lt.,
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